Yesterday before Savanah Guthrie even was able to finish her sentence that NBC executives suddenly and decisively fired MATT LAUER from the company, news outlets already were running blazing headlines.. Drudge's siren rolled out from the 1990s GIF graveyard.. People were able to commentate on Youtube live streams within seconds. Reactions on Twitter were ferociously pouring in.

The firing happened so quickly that there was an awkward moment when the story of Lauer's termination was posted right under a logo still showcasing Lauer's face..

We are saturated with media. We are surrounded by opinion.. we are disturbed by the constant zeal of citizen reporters giving us eye opening accounts in truth that was once held secret by a ruling class.

And we will never get over it.

To sum up what happened in just one day of news is almost impossible.

Many women are now coming forward with accounts that Matt Lauer had sex with them, showed them his penis, had a button under his desk to lock the door, and may have done much worse. The allegations were so specific that NBC did not do the typical media suspension/investigation. Not at all..they fired on the spot, leaving the hosts of NBC's TODAY SHOW to only have seconds of time to react with class and expertise.

IT did not end there. Garrison Keillor last his job at PBS, though on a scale of Lauer his actions (thus far) seemed to pale in comparison. He even used humor when addressing it. Keillor said that he tried to console a woman when his hand went up her dress. She got a lawyer. He lost his job. He wrote jokingly that he always wanted to be fired, but for something heroic instead of what occurred.

And it did not end there!

Almost immediately, the President reacted on Twitter. @RealDonaldTrump decided to weigh in on the Lauer situation, albeit only briefly. His big focus seemed to be another NBC media star making millions a year; JOE SCAROROUGH. Trump Tweeted that executives of 'fake news' NBC should be fired.. and that Scarborough should be investigations for the 'unsolved mystery' in 2001.

Trump is referring to the death of then Congressman Scarborough's intern in his office. Lori Klaisutis was found dead with a head injury. An official report at that time said she had a heart condition, leading her to somehow fall and hit her head, only to die in her desk. The family disputed that, however, because she was an avid runner. Years later, NBC kicked off DAILY KOS' Marlo's Moulitas for bringing this issue up on the year. At that time, Michael Moore raised questions and even registered a domain name implying that Scarborough killed his intern..

Take a breather...

All of this in one day. One sole day.

This has been a whirlwind of a year. Allegations along with dynasties destroyed.. It would appear that ever since Donald Trump won the election in 2016, there has been a day of reckoning EVERY DAY in some regard.. some form of America has crumbled, at least the America that was built over the past few decades. Political families ruined.. Hollywood stars crumbling.. Journalistic institutions filled like cesspools of sultry sexual escapades. Nothing seems safe.

We already had a decade of Catholic church scandals ... But lately there has been an increase in priestly affairs, pun intended. People close to the Pope involved with human trafficking (check Wikileaks if you want proof) .. priests in Italy supposedly molesting children but still practicing sacrements.

The light of illumination is shining brightly on the scarred landscape of humanity as of late..

One particular subject matter that has yet to be fully vetted or talked about: Pedophila networks within government and Hollywood. Corey Feldman is going there. He has been publicly going there for years, but lately upped the ante with specific talk about how said awful things in Hollywood led to the drug addicted Corey Haim to kill himself..

In what now seems awful, Matt Lauer interviewed Feldman on the TODAY show a few weeks ago and was particularly rough on him about the topic, highly questioning the information and allegations presented. And now.. fast forwarding a few days and Matt Lauer's questions seem to look very different when compared with his own potentially awful actions towards co workers and colleagues.

This is the year of illumination. Revelations.

And yes, quite possibly, this is by definition an apocalypse year..By the truest sense of the definition. The great unveiling.

McClellan and his wife survived the shooting Las Vegas shooting.. "I don't understand why he wasn't taken at the shooting, but a month later he was taken this way," McClellan's widow, Denise, told CNN affilliate KSNV. "I hope my husband found peace and he's safe now."

Toy Freaks, for example, was a channel in which a single father uploaded
clips in which he scared his daughters while bathing, or dressed them up as infants. The channel had 8 million subscribers before YouTube took it
down last week.

An interstellar interloper is
dashing through our solar system MORE: “This thing is an oddball,” said Karen Meech from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy,
leader of an international team studying ‘Oumuamua. “What we found was a rapidly rotating object, at least the size of a football field, that
changed in brightness quite dramatically. This change in brightness hints that ‘Oumuamua could be more than 10 times longer than it is wide —
something which has never been seen in our own solar system.”..

I recently asked people, what are you thankful for. Like, really really thankful for. Minus out family. Minus out friends.. the typical answers include the norm.. I wanted the 'rest of the story'.. the deeper and more covert secrets that lurk behind the exterior face.

The responses I received were interesting..

One person wrote to me, "I am thankful for serving my country." Another simply said, "I am thankful to be sober and off drugs for 11 months."

We are a people filled with varied personalities and multiple personalities sometimes as well. One man's molehill is another man's mountain. It's all perspective..

I respect anyone's opinion. Especially when they are honest about it, when they are true..

To be able to publicly comment about thankfulness of being drug free takes bravery and confidence. And frankly, thankfulness.

I personally am going to violate my own rule of commentary by saying this first: I am thankful for my friends and family. I am thankful to be a father and see my son grow and change daily. I am thankful for laughter. I am thankful to have a car that gets me to work. I am thankful to have the freedom to type away and have a website such as this..

I am thankful for fine coffee in the morning. Vegetables. I love pasta with garlic and olive oil. I am thankful that I have a phone that can listen to Clyde Lewis as I fall asleep at night and podcasts so I can listen to Jim Ross and Last Podcast on the Left.

I am thankful I saw the second season of STRANGER THINGS.

I am thankful for each laugh, tear, and emotion that my body feels.

But enough about me..

Back to you. Back to your internal secrets, deep down.. the eye ready to blink as you face forward with arms wide open: What are YOU really thankful for?

This website often utilizes honorable black and white images to showcase when someone if importance passes away from this plain of reality on the planet earth. I attempt to find a flattering photograph, often from youth or decades ago.. S

omething that captures and illustrates the essence of who the subject at hand is. The photo and small snippet of information is placed into a "RIP" section.. and the rest is history..

But what to do with Charles Manson? How to label that.
Perhaps it's best to do what the NEW YORK POST did. They were able to go to press after they heard of West Coast news that Manson was dead. They led with a fiery red font blazing on the prison photo of Manson:

Maybe do what I heard one radio station do today: Play the Beatles song HELTER SKELTER in the background a they spoke of Manson being dead.
Somewhat unfair to the Beatles though, especially since the song is actually about a roller coaster across the pond.
I initially was going to use one of those two photos but was not able to really decide:

This may be the same difficulty that TIME magazine goes through when it decides who will be the person of the year. Decades ago they chose Hitler.

In recent years they took a more politically correct tone and did not pick controversial people. But in reality, TIME should be picking the most important person of the year.

Not the safest.
Charles Manson was potentially one of the most important criminal figures in the past 75 years. Ironically he was not able to be tagged with the actual crime of murder, at least not during his tenure overseeing the sex and drug cult that worshiped him in the mountains near Las Angeles.
The crime wave among Hollywood stars during the 'Helter Skelter' days was frightening.

There are countless documentaries and books that suffer the duty of reporting on the horrors and murders that took place, including the most famous: Sharon Tate and her unborn child.
It was a new kind of evil. The trial and ongoing drama that was displayed as members of the Manson cult came to prison in support of him shocked the entire country.

The United States saw Charles Manson as a certain evil incarnate. One that was not able to be understood.
In reality, Manson had a horrid childhood with really awful adult figures. He had a life of petty crime. His mother was a prostitute.

He tried making it in music but as things would go, it never quite happened. Instead, he became famous for a very different reason.
It seems shocking, but there are a number of websites showcasing Charles Manson apparel.

From shirts that feature his face to even socks that come equipped with his name. One website in particular is running a special on merchandise now that he is dead. That is tacky.
Probably much tackier than featuring an "RIP" with this website post.

Charles Manson, the wild-eyed 1960s cult leader whose followers committed heinous murders that terrorized Los Angeles and shocked the nation, died Sunday of natural causes, according to the California Department of Corrections. He was 83.

MORE: A
Man called 'Dan Cooper' is leading the newest bit of charges of a cover up .. Cooper's main contention is now a California man named Robert
Rackstraw is DB himself! Rackstraw's lawyer has previously dismissed the claims as 'stupid'

Music mogul Russell Simmons was accused of sexual assault Sunday in a Los Angeles Times investigation. Not soon after, actor and former NFL
player Terry Crews tweeted an email he had allegedly received from Simmons which downplayed Crews’ own allegation that he was groped by a
Hollywood executive.. MORE!

Vatican
investigating an alleged abuser who became a priest.. MORE.. The reports said that despite complaints to superiors against the teenager, he
was accepted into what is known as a major seminary when he became an adult. He was later ordained a priest and is now serving in a parish in
northern Italy, they said...

LASVEGASNOW is running a piece on John Lear..
It's a good read.. among the information: The doctors prescribed him 120 oxycodone and methadone pills a month for his chronic pain symptoms. He
remained on the medication for almost five years, until the doctors abruptly cut him off and forced him to detox alone.
John was cut off his medications for a failed urine analysis test in 2016. It came just after the Center for Disease Control (CDC) updated their
opiate prescription guidelines. The doctor told him that he tested positive for methamphetamines and could no longer prescribe him medication.
John says, "I've never taken an illegal drug. I've been flying my entire life. you can't take drugs and fly. I wouldn't know how to get it,
wouldn't know how to take it and here it ends up 10,000 nanograms in my urine."
In his time with the CIA, John says, he was "subject to drug scans, scheduled or random, and never failed one." He believes his urine analysis
test provided a false positive. It is a problem that has frequently occurred with urine analysis tests like the one he took.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN MADE A HIT LIST!! MORE:
The previously undisclosed list contains a total of 91 actors, publicists, producers, financiers and others working in the film industry, all of
whom Weinstein allegedly identified as part of a strategy to prevent accusers from going public with sexual misconduct claims against him... THE
UK GUARDIAN reporting tonight in fresh leads that the names were drawn up by Weinstein himself, were distributed to a team hired by the film
producer to suppress claims that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women...

HARVEY WEINSTEIN MADE A HIT LIST!! MORE: The previously undisclosed list contains a total of 91 actors, publicists, producers, financiers and others working in the film industry, all of whom Weinstein allegedly identified as part of a strategy to prevent accusers from going public with sexual misconduct claims against him...

THE UK GUARDIAN reporting tonight in fresh leads that the names were drawn up by Weinstein himself, were distributed to a team hired by the film producer to suppress claims that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women...

MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT host Heather Wade posted what appears to be a potentially ominous message for fans of the late night radio show..She wrote that she is unsure how long the program may last. She gave a heartfelt thank you to all who gave support.. and finally finished by saying it was the most fun she has ever had..

Wade was thrust into a strange scenario when Art Bell abruptly quit December two years ago. Those who recall the HORROR REPORT coverage of the ordeal most likely recall that he reported gunshots were being fired during live programs, that his life was in danger from an intruder to his property in Pahrump Nevada, and that he was ending his program over fears of his safety.

Wade stepped in and, over the past two years, has evolved into a permanent radio host of the program, picking up a strong fan base and listenership.

However, numbers may not be enough behind the scenes to support the program.

While Wade is not commenting yet on the hundreds of public reactions her Facebook post received, some are questioning why Art Bell himself can't pick up a night or two, or even weekends, to boost the potential money problems.

Bell has given a courtesy post for the show many times over the previous two years, and also heralded Heather Wade as a great radio alternative to Coast to Coast AM's George Noory..

Bell's messages through the years have been mysterious and reassuring. For fans of MITD, Heather Wade's is ominous and alarming..

“We’re kind of ignoring all the films past the first one,” McBride confirmed. “It picks up after the first one, but it’s sort of an alternate reality.““It’s as if the first Halloween ended in a slightly different way,” McBride added, suggesting the new film may rewrite even the events of the original.“I just hope that we don’t fuck it up and piss people off,” McBride also noted during the chat. “This is such a diehard fan base. You don’t want horror fans being your enemies because they show up at your house with masks on. We are diehard fans of Halloween. We’re watching all the sequels and where things have taken left turns here and there that maybe bites for fans, and at least trying to deliver what we would have wanted to see. Hopefully that will line up with most fans.”“I think you should be very scared. I mean, this isn’t a comedy at all. I think there was, like, maybe one joke on the page, but the rest is straight horror. So hopefully it gets in people’s heads and keeps them up late at night.”

I am completely terrified, enthralled, and perplexed by the DEAR DAVID Twitter stream being penned by New York writer Adam Ellis. He is known on Twitter as Moby_Dickhead. And suddenly he is captivating publications all over the world..

It began in August. He said he had a dream about a boy with half of a head.. He said his apartment in NYC was being haunted by a dead boy. . . At some point he learned that the boy's name was David. Dear David, actually. And you could only ask him two questions. If you asked a third, he would desire to kill you.

Adam Ellis asked a third..

And the rest became a Twitter stream of nightmare potential.

His cats got involved, as he

Just last week he revealed this photograph, which he said shows Dear David staring at him from across his bedroom:

The last update was last week. Nothing since then.

There are currently 559,000 or so followers who have been watching the accounts of Moby Dickhead. Waiting for another enthralling update.. waiting for another photo. Another glimpse into the apartment of the haunted New York city dweller.

And YES! Many people have said how it's fake! It's a fraud! It's a hoax!...that's the fun. It's fun because even if it is a fake or fraud, the hat has not been tipped yet by Ellis. He's going with it.. watching the worldwide attention.. And if fake, enjoying every minute. If real? He should really think about moving as soon as possible.

This story has Slenderman potential! With the attention Dear David is getting, there are two possibilities: It's fake and it's a new version of promoting an amazing horror story/ or it's real and SHOULD be made into a movie.

Regardless of the intentions of Ellis, it's thoroughly enjoyable.

...and somehow is penetrating pop culture.
The other day my son, now in the 1st grade, came home and told me about Dear David.
The kids know. The adults do too.

Thor: Ragnarok delivered an expected #1 finish in its second weekend at the domestic box office, pushing the film's domestic total ahead of both
the first and second Thor films after just ten days in release..

Blumhouse Productions has had a truly massive year and it doesn't look like they intend to slow down at all in 2018. The
studio has just given an official release date for their upcoming, original supernatural horror/thriller, Truth or Dare, which will hit theaters
on April 27, 2018..

MORE: Rene Boucher, 59, a retired anesthesiologist, appeared in Warren County District
Court on Thursday morning with his attorney. He faces a possible 12-month sentence and a $500 fine if he is convicted of fourth-degree assault,
according to County Attorney Amy Milliken... New details emerged Thursday about the day of the attack, when five hours apparently elapsed from
the time police responded to Paul’s home to the moment they arrested Boucher. But the mysterious nature of the attack remained unsolved. Police,
and Paul himself, were unaware initially just how serious his injuries were — and Paul did not immediately seek medical attention, police said.
In addition, no new evidence emerged Thursday to help explain a motive for the altercation.

The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has the
tell-all splash .. including: “Haim told me he had sex with Sheen when they filmed ‘Lucas,’” Dominick Brascia, a former actor and a close
friend of the “Lost Boys” legend, exclusively told The ENQUIRER. “He told me they smoked pot and had sex. He said they had anal sex. Haim said
after it happened Sheen became very cold and rejected him. When Corey wanted to fool around again, Charlie was not interested.”.

The new planet, which was discovered using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, is named OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb, but what it lacks in a flashy name it
more than makes up for in sheer size. The planet is estimated to be over 13 times the mass of Jupiter, which is so huge that astronomers are
considering the possibility that it’s not actually a planet.